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Use of potentially inappropriate medications and adverse events in older outpatients with acute conditions.

Stéphanie de Souza Costa VianaNatália Pereira Dos Santos SouzaMárlon Juliano Romero AlibertiJulia Maria D'Andréa Greve
Published in: Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) (2022)
Associations between potentially inappropriate medication use and unfavorable outcomes such as falls and unplanned hospitalizations within one year of admission to a geriatric day hospital support the application of Beers Criteria and emphasize the importance of periodic prescription review, deprescription and rational use of these drugs whenever possible.
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